SYNOPSIS

SUBJECT: INVESTMENT LAW AREA: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TOPIC: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN DEFENCE SECTOR BROAD OBJECT:
A country which is self reliant and independent in its military requirements, and thus, also has access to technologically advanced capability can truly be termed as military superpower. The establishment of a well developed defence industrial base is of primary importance to any emerging super power. Focus should be on capability development followed by numeral growth, not the other way round

OBJECTIVES:

RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
1) What are critical aspects of Defense- Industrial policies adopted by India in the past and link those to performance? 2) What are the trends during the 1990s, during which major policy changes occurred and its position in contemporary scenario? 3) What is the legal framework of FDI regime in Defence Sector in comparison with leading defence economies? 4) What are the current challenges and future implications with reference to Defense Sector? PROPOSED CHAPERTIZATION PLAN: 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 TRENDS IN INDIAS DEFENCE INDUSTRY 1.2 FDI POLICY IN INDIA

1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND METHODLOGY 1.4 METHODS AND SOURCES 2. INDIAS DEFENCE INDUSTRY: HISTORICAL PERPECTIVE AND CONTEMPORARY SCENARIO 2.1 INDIAS DEFECNCE INDUSTRY :A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 2.2 TRENDS IN THE 1980s AND 1990s 2.3 INDIAS DEFENCE INDUSTRY IN THE 21ST CETNURY 3. INDIAS FDI REGIME IN DEFENCE SECTOR 3.1 FDI REGIME JOURNEYS FROM PAST TO PRESENT 3.2 NEED FOR FDI IN CURRENT PERSPECTIVE 3.3 POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF DEFENCE 4. COMPARTIVE ANALYSIS OF FDI IN DEFENCE SECTOR 4.1 MILESTONE IN DOMESTIC DEFENCE SECTOR IN INDIA 4.2 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: COUNTRY PROFILE 4.2.1 United states of america 4.2.2 United kingdom 4.2.3 South africa 4.2.4 Australia 5. KEY RECOMENDATIONS 6. CONCULSION

NATURE OF DATA: The data has been collected from secondary sources
like books, journals, articles, websites, etc. Therefore the nature of data collected is secondary.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Deductive methodology will be used

in several parts of the project along with inductive methodology.